About this Abstract |
Meeting |
MS&T21: Materials Science & Technology
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Symposium
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13th Symposium on Green and Sustainable Technologies for Materials Manufacturing and Processing
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Presentation Title |
The Use of Waste Materials for the Manufacture of Ceramic Water Filters in Marginalized Communities |
Author(s) |
Ian Nettleship, Chuyuan Zheng |
On-Site Speaker (Planned) |
Ian Nettleship |
Abstract Scope |
Low-cost ceramic water filters are manufactured in small-scale factories using locally sourced ceramic raw materials and agricultural waste materials as porogens. Unfortunately, this material technology has not scaled to the magnitude of the need, in part due limited understanding of the action of the porogen and variability of locally sourced raw materials. Simple hydraulic conductivity measurements and 3D micro-CT imaging can be used to understand the role of the porogens in producing the pore structure in the ceramic. The effect of porogen size and volume fraction on hydraulic conductivity will be presented. |